Lifting all Covid resrictions- how do you feel about it?

I'm very pleased. It's been two years and at some point we have to emerge from our bunkers and start to live normally again.

I’ll still wear a mask in shops and public transport. I can’t control others behaviour but will try to protect myself just the same.

I can't believe it, either, Kali2 and I think that medical staff and people whose jobs expose them to the public will be pretty annoyed about it.

I cannot believe the foolishness of this.

Are you in a bunker Woodmouse? Most of us have been out for months, taking sensible precautions.

On the press briefing now Patrick valance is going to talk about potential variants that could possibly be vaccine evading and could cause more deaths. I’ve switched off I’m sick of being scared to death. I’ll keep on being cautious while living my life.

This is a highly infectious disease that is fatal to some and can cause long term I'll effects to many. Why we are not taking any measures to control it is beyond me. Unless if course it's to placate certain section of the Tory party.

I have mixed feelings about this. We do need to get back to some sort of normality and I do think people must take responsibility for their own well being. I for certain shall go on wearing a mask, but I don't expect my GC's will which of course is entirely up to them.

I am happy to try and get to some sort of normality.

Citizens can now take personal responsibility for their own health and welfare.

Masks can still be worn, the only difference is that it will be our choice not the States.

It is quite possible that in medical and hospital environment masks will still be required.

Personal choice to wear masks on public transport during wintertime may actually become the norm.
Not just for Covid but for hopefully the prevention
other infections and respiratory.

My local authority sends out regular emails re Covid and today says that although we wont HAVE to, we still CAN eg wear masks in crowded areas, and strongly suggests we SHOULD.

Wearing masks and respecting social,distance in shops does no damage to the economy but helps to contain the spread of infection.

Abandoning this and the instructions for infected people to isolate is nothing other that a cynical political move.

I don't know how I feel, I suppose it had to happen eventually, I understand how exhausted people are of carrying the extra worry... I'm. Just not sure when that worry will fade for me

I agree - wearing masks in public spaces, especially medical is not a big requirement

It’s highly infectious.

our medical centre still isn't seeing people really
but i went to the pictures this week and no one was wearing masks at all (apart from me!) and round here it seems much more relaxed but people are still mainly wearing masks inside shops/supermarkets as far as i can tell

We could not live with mandatory rules for isolation indefinitely we do not have isolation rules for other infectious illness.
We are coming into spring 97% of the population have antibodies. Rates hospitalisation and deaths are dropping so if not now when

They've already put a block on people ordering lateral flows!
I tried to order one out of interest and got so far and it said Unavailable.
What a surprise.
I have one box left. Maybe I should keep it. In years to come they will be relics, looked upon like upon the same as gas masks.

snowberryZ

They've already put a block on people ordering lateral flows!
I tried to order one out of interest and got so far and it said Unavailable.
What a surprise.
I have one box left. Maybe I should keep it. In years to come they will be relics, looked upon like upon the same as gas masks.

Expect that is because everyone is ordering them. I ordered some a couple of hours ago with no problem as I have run out

Some of the in-house restrictions would now be counter productive anyway.
I visited a department store yesterday which only had one till left. They explained they had got rid of all the others during covid to allow for more free movement and social distancing in the shop. Therefore less probability of infection.
Instead we had six customers at the one cash desk all breathing on top of each other and getting impatient. And that situation will only get worse in the coming months when more people go out.
I would prefer masks to be worn in medical facilities because some people might be unwell.

In my area, cases have gone up by 1000, since last week.
Oh yes, we are getting back to normality!

Since mandatory mask wearing was stopped in January, the majority of people I have seen in Supermarkets have been mask free ,including the staff. I will wear one, if I’m unlucky enough to catch it, I will self isolate, same as I would if I had flue, or norovirus. I don’t think this is particularly political, many other diseases are highly infectious, and can kill. Many other countries have already chosen this path. All the people I know of who have caught this virus have been regular mask wearers and good with hand washing etc. You can’t change other peoples behaviour, throughout this there have been those whose choice has been not to do anything to protect others, and would think many have been out and about with no symptoms but have unknowingly spread it around. Same as with anything else really.

Daisymae

This is a highly infectious disease that is fatal to some and can cause long term I'll effects to many. Why we are not taking any measures to control it is beyond me. Unless if course it's to placate certain section of the Tory party.

That's just what I feel, Daisymae.

There's a new variant being tracked that is as infectious as Omicron but causing more serious illness. And is more vaccine resistant. How on earth people can believe that it's over is beyond me.

As for 'returning to normality', it's never going to be precovid 'normal' unless covid is eliminated. We have to think of a new normal now and look at things like better ventilation of enclosed spaces and continued masking. Otherwise I think we're storing up a heap of trouble for the future.

Johnson will do anything including putting peoples’ health at risk to save his skin.

Woodmouse

I'm very pleased. It's been two years and at some point we have to emerge from our bunkers and start to live normally again.

But surely we don't have to go from sublime to the ridiculous.

Why not continue to make masks compulsory on public transport, and care home visits and medical facilities??? until at least the end of March and better weather?

People who are vulnerable and been working from home are going to be obliged to go back to work in the office/workplace now- and might have to go on public transport- and share facilities and work-place will people who have Covid and not isolating. It is totally irresponsible- bordering on much worse.

I will feel a lot more worried knowing there are folk with Covid out and about. My husband along with thousands of others is clinically extremely vulnerable.

If it is a political move surely not lifting restrictions would have been more appeasing to the ‘frightened’. Secondly all I have heard is listen to the scientists and they are saying this is the right move. They will be watching the variants and hopefully will act accordingly. This virus is never going away and we can’t keep living in this way. All we can do is take responsibility for our own actions and those who don’t never have.